Chunk #33 — DISCUSSION — Twin Models of Age at First Drink and Problem Alcohol Use

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Are there differences between young African-American and European-American women in the relative influences of genetics versus environment on age at first drink and problem alcohol use?

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the environments to which they are exposed (e.g., peer, school, family) are contributing to a greater degree to problem drinking. Interventions aimed at altering environmental influences, for example, targeting parental attitudes toward alcohol use, or modifying perceptions of peer alcohol use (e.g., Neighbors et al., 2004) may be effective ways of shifting environmental influences such that they become protective against alcohol misuse.